New England Indian Wars

1610-1783
New England Colonies — versus — Pequot, Wampanoag, Narragansett

Pequot War — 1634-38 (Connecticut)       King Philip's War — 1675-78 (Massachusetts)       Father Rale's War — 1722-25 (Maine)

American Indian tribes of New England include:

Pequot War : 1634-1638

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Description of Pequot War.

Interesting Battles
Mystic Massacre
Fairfield Swamp Fight


Commander
Short Biography
John Winthrop Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Miles Standish Military advisor to the Plymouth colony. Arrived on the Mayflower.
William Bradford Governor of the Plymouth Colony of Pilgrims. Wrote the Mayflower Compact.
John Mason Founder of the English colony of New Hampshire.
Sachem Sassacus Chief of the Pequot during the Pequot War
Sachem Miantonomo Chief of the Narragansett during the Pequot War


Story Links
Book Links
New England Indians  in  Indian History for Young Folks  by  Francis S. Drake
Williams and the Indians  in  Story of the Thirteen Colonies  by  H. A. Guerber
Founding of Connecticut and War with Indians  in  This Country of Ours  by  H. E. Marshall


Book Links
Miles Standish  by  John S. C. Abbott

King Philip's War : 1675-1678

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Description of King Philip's War.

Important Battles and Massacres
Bloody Brook
Lancaster Raid (Mary Rolandson's Account of Captivity)
Great Swamp Fight
Battle of Turner's Falls


Commander
Short Biography
John Winthrop Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Benjamin Church Leader of Plymouth colony forces during King Philip's War. Adopted Indian tactics and recruited Indians for his raids.
Josiah Winslow Governor of Plymouth colony during King Philip's War
King Philip Leader of the Wampanoags who led the first serious uprising against the white settlers in New England.
Canonchet Chief of the Narragansett during King Philip's War
Awashonks Female Sachem of the Sakonnet tribe during the King Philips War.


Book Links
Massasoit: A Story of the Indians of New England  by  Alma H. Burton
King Philip  by  John S. C. Abbott
Miles Standish  by  John S. C. Abbott


Story Links
Book Links
King Philip's War  in  Indian History for Young Folks  by  Francis S. Drake
Women in the Indian Wars  in  Stories of American Life and Adventure  by  Edward Eggleston
King Philip  in  A First Book in American History  by  Edward Eggleston
Captain Church in Philip's War  in  A First Book in American History  by  Edward Eggleston
King Phillip's War  in  Story of the Thirteen Colonies  by  H. A. Guerber
King Philip's War  in  This Country of Ours  by  H. E. Marshall
King Philip in  Four American Indians  by  Frances M. Perry
King Philip's War  in  American History Stories, Volume I  by  Mara L. Pratt
Capture of Old Chief Annawan  in  Frontier Fighters  by  Edwin L. Sabin
King Philip and the Wampanoug  in  Boy's Book of Indian Warriors  by  Edwin L. Sabin
Squaw Sachem of Pocasset  in  Boy's Book of Indian Warriors  by  Edwin L. Sabin
King Philip's War  in  Builders of Our Country: Book I  by  Gertrude van Duyn Southworth


Father Rale's War : 1722-1725

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Description of Father Rale's War

Image Links


The Death of King Philip.
 in King Philip

The Battle in Tiverton
 in King Philip

Capture of the Indian Fortress.
 in King Philip

Captivity of Mrs. Rolandson
 in King Philip

The Destruction of Sudbury
 in King Philip

The Indian Ambush
 in King Philip

Death of King Philip
 in King Philip

In an instant hundreds of bullets and arrows came whizzing from the thickets.
 in Massasoit

As Philip ran he was shot through the heart by an Indian
 in Massasoit

Death of Chocorua
 in Massasoit

In Ambush
 in Indian History for Young Folks

The Massacre of the Indians at Pavonia
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Fight at Tiverton
 in Indian History for Young Folks

The great swamp fight in Rhode Island
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Lancaster attacked
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Death of King Philip
 in Indian History for Young Folks

Defence of the Garrison-house
 in Indian History for Young Folks
General Goffe Saves Hadley
General Goffe Saves Hadley
 in A First Book in American History

Captian Church in Philip's War
 in A First Book in American History

Fighting a Firebrand
 in A First Book in American History

Washington's First Command
 in A First Book in American History

The Indian Attacks Washington
 in A First Book in American History

General Braddock and Captain Jack
 in A First Book in American History

An Indian attack
 in Story of the Thirteen Colonies

The Iroquois attacking the Huron Missions
 in Canada: Peeps at History

The Massacre of Lachine
 in Canada: Peeps at History

King Philip
 in Boy's Book of Indian Warriors

The March of Miles Standish against the
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I

Indians surprising a settlement
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I

Goffe Rallying the Men of Hadley
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I

The Death of King Philip
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I

Champlain's Battle with the Iroquois
 in Builders of Our Country: Book I